The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-16
Charleston Happenings.

The capital stock of the Berkeley County
Land and Stock Company, which has just
effected the purchase of a large tract of
land from the State, is nearly all held in
Charleston. The company has an author
lied capital stock of 100000 Mr.. Samuel
w. Langley is the President of the COM
pany and the general manager of the lands
and stock.
The Sumter Guards have accepted the in
vitatiOn of Adjt. Gen. BOnham to attend the
Farmers Encampment at Spartanburg next
month. In addition to visiting Spartanburg
the company will spend a week at Green
vile, and have mapped out a very pleasant
campaign in the mountains. The command
VIII leave Charleston on the afternoon of
Aug. l, and will spend one week in camp at
Spartanburg. They will then go to Green
vile, where another week will be spent in
the enjoyment of camp life. About thirty
members will make the trip and will be com
manded by Capt. Hyde
Mr.. Chaplain, young medical student,
who is boarding on Sullivan's Island, made
shocking discovery while fishing on the
grillage off the front beach on Wednesday
Feeling heavy weight on his line he hauled
it in and was naturally Mortified to find that
he had hooked the detached leg of child
The limb had apparently been cut off at the
trunk by some sharp instrument and from
its size must have belonged to a child about
9 years of age. 1t had the appearance of
having been in the water several days, and
was so badly mutiated by the fishes that it
was impossible to tell whether it had be
longed to a white or a cOlored child
The commencement exercises OF the South
Carolina Military Academy will begin Sun
day, July -. On that day at II Il. m. the
baccalaureate sermon will be preached at
Trinity church by the Rev. Charles W
Manly, d. D., one of the most distinguished
divines of the Baptist church Cadet A. A.
Aveilhe, of the institution, of Savannah
sent to the MORNING News a very hand
some engraved invitation to the commence
ment exercises. 1t consists of two oblOng
cards joined at the end with a white ribbon
On the first appears a view of the academy
building, i'll panel, and the initials of the
institute over. Following this is the word
ing of the invitation. The second card CON
tains the names of the orators of the day.
committee, etc. 1t is novel idea and very
attractively engraved.
In the Court of Common Pleas the case of
Wylie Malone and others for the recovery
of the estate of Thomas Malone was called
yesterday morning. The action is by sum
mons and complaint The estate in suit
was that of Mr.. Thomas Malone, who, ac-
cording to the theory of the plaintiffs, left
Camden at the age of Is years and went to
the West Indies. He afterwards returned
to Charleston where, in the law business
and other vocatiOns, he accumulated for
| tune of about $4,000 He died in 1864, and
in the absence of heirs it is proposed to
escheat the property TO the State Since
that time the property in the hands of
the administrator has increased, it is
thought to about $40, 600 1t is now claimed
thao the property rightfully belongs to the
heirs of Wylie Malone, deceased, who it
will be the effort of the plaintiffs to prove,
was the brother of Thomas Malone The
plaintiffs will endeavor to show that soon
after the death of Thomas Malone his
brother made certain arrangements to insti-
tute legal proceedings to establish his right
us the heir. 1t was only, however, in 1882
that he succeeded, when he secured the ser
vices of Capt Z. II. Clarke and Gen. John
ID. Kennedy, of Camden. Engagement the
suits of ali interested will be heard in the
Common Pleas of Charleston county The
defense, it is understood, is based ON the fact
that Wylie Malone is not the brother of
Thomas Malone. The plaintiffs, among
other questions of fact allege that
Thomas Malone was born in Kershaw coun-
ty, and the defendants hold that he was a
native of the Island of Jamaica. The case
will be one of considerable local interest,
both from the amount involved and the pc
culiar nature of the suit